Gibraltar woman had a winning Mega Millions ticket tucked in her wallet

11:43 PM,
Mar. 20, 2013

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Mary Panick did not know she had a winning $250,000 Mega Millions ticket in her wallet.

But that's where the ticket stayed for three months, until the 76-year-old Gibraltar woman stopped at Meijer for groceries this month and decided to clean out her wallet by having her tickets checked. She had three tickets: one was a dud, the second won her $4 and the third was the big winner.

The clerk, whom Panick knows because she had retired from the store in October, came from behind the counter. ...